Brazil: Gender and Race in the Labour Market Before and During the COVID-19 Crisis

This paper addresses the worsening social and economic inequalities in the Brazilian labour market during the COVID-19 pandemic, based on a comparison with the previous economic context and considering intersections among gender, race and ethnicity, education and age. The pandemic amplified social and economic fragilities already observed in the labour market, increasing social insecurity for vulnerable groups. The paper discusses current and future human development in Brazil through the lens of gender and race, and with an intersectional perspective, focusing on black women.